Rewards for You When You Quit Smoking

Health Rewards for Quitting Cigarettes

The rewards are simply numerous: normalization of pulse rate, blood pressure, oxygen and carbon monoxide levels. Normalization of body temperature, especially felt at the extremities, is another benefit when you quit smoking. These all will occur within just eight hours of quitting. Within 48 hours, your nerve endings will start growing again, your taste and smell will be enhanced. Your appetite will return to the way it was. Experts say that within this period chances of heart attack are also decreased.

Should you be able to keep going up to the third month of quitting, your skin will glow as a result of improved blood circulation. You will also notice less occurrences of gasping for breath after a long walk. This is because by this time your lung capacity has recovered to about 30% of what was lost. Breathing will be easier, which will reduce stress after a day’s work.

In the 9th month, the body will have increased the ability to reproduce cilia in the lungs. This will result to increased ability to clean the lungs of mucus and other air impurities. You will then notice the lessening or disappearance of respiratory infection symptoms: coughing, hacking and congestion of sinuses. By this time, you will feel increased stamina and able to handle strenuous activities without feeling being depleted of energy.

And if you can quit smoking and keep it strong up to the 15th year, cancerous cells will be eliminated and will be replaced by healthy ones. Thus, by this time, you will have to think clean as the risk for cancer of throat, mouth, bladder, kidney, esophagus, pancreas and kidney will be comparable to that of someone who had never smoked. The same can be said of the risks for stroke and heart attack.
Rewards Other than Health

Quitting will increase self-confidence or self-esteem. You will stop feeling negative and doubtful of your worth as a person. Having decided that what you did is right can make you feel as great as the next person right next to you.

It can make you save dollars. The financial cost of smoking depends on the brand and frequency of smoking on the daily basis. Multiply that for a month’s expenditure. That would probably amount to $50 a month, equal to some kind of a premium.
Quit smoking and start earning the trust of many. They think that there is really something wrong with you every time you insert that stick into your mouth. They will only stop talking behind your back if you stop smoking first. And that is the rule. No exception.